GeorgiaJams 75

[georgiajams]

Yellowish looking polyps

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Baby frag from ARC frag night. I mounted it on the side to see how it would grow. As you can see, it is starting to encrust at the base.

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Whoops.

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OK, here's an updated view of the fish closet behind the 75g tank. Now it has my skimmer, waste-collector, top-off (salt-bucket), and the 10g nano. I house quite a bit of the electrical back here as well, but it is above the nano (out of view of the picture).

The nano is not plumbed into the main tank.

I keep my fresh water in that Brute trash can. I have another Brute can in another closet that I keep my saltwater in. The jugs at the bottom are just extra fresh water.

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This is the top of the purple corky finger.

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Dang, I almost forgot this one.

[Goofy]

Beautiful pics I must say!!!!!

[georgiajams]

OK, update time:

- The biggest news is that I started a prop tank.
- Replaced the Ushio 10Ks with Hamilton 14K DE bulbs. Nice color. Bluer, but not too blue.
- Tore down the nano tank and put the contents in my new prop tank refugium.
- Quiet One pump locked up / seized. Threw it away.
- Bought an Ocean Runner 6500. Whoa! Very powerful for my system. This pump is nice.
- Added a new clip-on sump fan
- Ocean Runner 6500 quit working after one month. Fixed by letting the shaft and shaft housing soak in vinegar.
- Removed Ocean Runner 6500 in the mean time and put on a Mag 12 for my return.
- Decided I needed a more powerful pump on the MR-1 than a Mag 12 for the skimmer to work its best. So, rather than buying a pressure pump, I switched the skimmer from an MR-1 to a Euroreef CS6-2+ (Sedra 5000)
- Since removing the OR 6500 and putting the Mag 12 on the return, rather than on the MR-1, tank temperature dropped 2 degrees! Woohoo. Stays around 81-83 now.

Problems - Have been seeing minor patches of cyano. Nothing severe, but seemed to pop up when I lowered my lights. Keeping an eye on it and did a heavy water change. Nitrates read high last month, but are down to nearly 0 now.

[Don424]

When you say you lowered the lights, do you mean the distance between the light and the tank or are you refering to the lowering the total wattage?

[georgiajams]

When you say you lowered the lights, do you mean the distance between the light and the tank or are you refering to the lowering the total wattage?

Distance.

[georgiajams]

I had just stirred up the water by cleaning the glass and overflows, so these aren't that great, but gives you a good idea of what is going on with my tank lately.

The right side:


Another right side:




The left side:

[georgiajams]

OK, here's more:

[oscar51]

u need to feed that tang don,t let him waste away

[georgiajams]

That tang is at least 4 years old and has always been on the skinny side (and I'm the second owner). He's fine.

[georgiajams]

BTW, you can see I have nori hanging in there. I can lead the fish to nori, but can't make him eat